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I think you will be too. Just not right now. He's hurting us.

Think he will be fine. His stats are not to out of line with many rookie 2B. Unless Utley wants to come not sure who else is available that is realistic. Tampa is not trading Zobrist to us if anyone

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I'm with you Roy... he just looks like he's got "it"... he feels like a major league ballplayer to me. I love his defense, I like his power, I think the offensive numbers will steadly come up.

Of course I thought Larry Bigbie had "it" too, so what do I know?

Not to belittle your post about Schoop...

Bigbie HAD it till they started testing....

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Billy Beane (Brad Pitt):

"If they want to bunt and give you an out, LET THEM give you an out. Don't be a hero and throw it to 2nd base. Take the sure out that they are giving you at 1st."

Hard ish to understand. Dead solid advise.

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